It’s been 25 years since its premiere, “Titanic” The 1997 version directed, written and produced by James Cameron is still always mentioned as a great film work of the 20th century.
Little-known facts about the movie blockbuster “Titanic”. Photo:AFP
“Titanic” is based on the true story of the world-famous maritime accident of the RMS Titanic, which occurred at midnight on Sunday, April 14, 1912 – exactly 110 years ago.
During her first and last crossing of the Atlantic, the Titanic scuttled by hitting an iceberg, with only about 700 survivors out of 2,200 passengers.
110 years since the historic sinking of the RMS Titanic. Photo: AFP
Not only was the maritime accident that went down in history, Titanic was also made into a movie by many screenwriters and directors.
The work of the same name was adapted in 1997 with the participation of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet and has become a classic in the film world. photo.
Here are some little-known facts about this Hollywood blockbuster:
Actress Kate Winslet had to fight hard to get the female lead role
Kate Winslet had to fight hard to get the role of Rose. Photo: AFP
In addition to Kate, the number of female actors applying for the role of Rose DeWitt Bukater also includes famous names. others like Madonna, Sharon Stone, Nicole Kidman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Wynona Rider…
According to media reports, to increase her chances of being selected, Kate Winslet asked for the director’s personal phone number and repeatedly called him to convince him. However, the actress denied this, she only confessed that she once sent flowers to please director James Cameron.
Leonardo DiCaprio was not the number one choice for the role of Jack Dawson
In fact, Matthew McConaughey, Chris O’Donnell, Billy Crudup, and Stephen Dorff were the ones James Cameron targeted for the main role.
In just a little while, Matthew McConaughey will become the male lead of the blockbuster “Titanic”. Photo: AFP
The two actors of “The Wolf of Walls Street”, Matthew and Leonardo, both came to the audition, but the director noticed that Leo had a romantic appearance that attracted most of the crew. Therefore, he made the important decision to give the actor the role of a lifetime.
On average, 1 minute of broadcasting costs 1 million USD
200 million USD is a huge number that the Canadian director spent. After removing all the extra scenes, the finished version of “Titanic” 195 minutes left, meaning for every 1 minute on air, the film has “consumed” spent more than 1 million USD (about 24 billion VND).
It is known that this number increased so high because James Cameron was “aggressive” Spending on the smallest details of the movie to make it look as real as possible. From costumes, settings or even meals of the upper class, he does not hesitate to use expensive high-end products.
Director James Cameron is ready to “draw out his wallet” so that each scene is completed to perfection. Photo: GMA“Hot” scene by Kate Winslet
One of the legendary scenes of “Titanic” The scene where Jack draws Rose naked was taken on the first day of filming.
At this time, Leonardo DiCaprio and his co-star were not yet close to each other. Director Cameron’s goal is to see the most genuine shyness and awkwardness of the actors.
Expensive scene of “Titanic”. Photo: AFP
Many characters are based on real-life origins
Although the love story between two people from two different social classes is fictional, many other characters appearing in “Titanic” is actually real in real life.
Even after completing the script, director James Cameron was “silly” discovers that a man named J. Dawson who died on the ship matches his fictional character Jack Dawson.
American media estimates that the film has about 19 characters based on history. Photo: GMA
The image of an old couple hugging each other and calmly accepting death made the audience cry based on a couple, Ida & Isidor Straus. At the time the ship began to sink, both grandparents refused the opportunity to be rescued, giving their seats on the rescue boat to women and children. Photo: AFP
Many classic scenes and dialogues were arbitrarily changed by the characters
Despite possessing an impressive script, during filming, “Titanic” still “spontaneous” some dialogues and scenes.
In it, “I am the king of the world!” (I’m the king of the world) is a line that is not in the script. The movie’s most famous quote was made up by Leo. Not only was it not omitted, it also became one of the 100 best movie quotes of all time as voted by the American Film Institute.
